Drier



Oct. 6,' 1936.

w. KAUFFMAN. 2D 2,056,468

DRIER Filed NOV. 6, 1931 BY .ri/rg I l ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 6, 1936 UNITED STATES Damn Walter L. Kauffman, 2d, Erie, Pa., 'assignor to Lovell Manufacturing. Company, Erie,'Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 6, 1931, Serial No. 573,427

\ 1 Claim.

Thisinvention is particularly directed to driers in which clothes, or similar materials, are placed in the receptacle and the moisture extruded from them, preferably by a squeezing action. With receptacles extruding the water through a squeezing action the water is ordinarily carried out through the discharge passage. It is desirable to provide the receptacle with a cover and also arrange the discharge passage so that it can be rotated. In the handling of the clothes, partic'u larly into the receptacle, there is more or less dripping of Water along the edges of the receptacle and it is desirable to provide an apron for catching this moisture, preferably arranging the apron with the discharge end which may be placed over the receptacle from which the clothes are taken. In this way any drip that may be given off around the edges of the opening is caught bythe apron and discharged back into the receptacle. At the same time the apron is sealed with relation to the drying receptacle so that there is no drip, or leakage from the apron along the side of the receptacle. Other features and details of the invention will appear from the specification and claim.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompany drawing as follows:-

Fig. 1 shows a central vertical section of the device. v

Fig. 2 a plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 an enlarged section of the structure immediately at the edge of the opening to the receptacle.

I marks the receptacle. This is provided with a bead 2 along its upper edge and a gasket groove 3 below the edge.

A flexible bag 4 is arranged in the receptacle. It is provided with a bead 5 adapted to seat in the groove 3 so as to seal the space between the walls of the receptacle and the bag. Means for delivering water to the receptacle is provided` by a pipe Ia getting fluid under pressure from any convenient supply.

A cover has an edge I which is tapered and initially engages the rib 5 so as to seat it in the groove. As the pressurebuilds up in the receptacle this pressure in itself tends to seat the rib in the groove. strainer t which leads to a. discharge passage Il 50 spout It. The cover has a surrounding series of projections II adapted to form the cover portion of a bayonet joint. 1

A securing ring I2 of channel form has a lower iiange lil arranged under the lbead 2. The upper flange itl is slotted forming projections operating in connection with the projections II to form a bayonet joint for securing the cover. The ring is 'I'lhev cover is provided with aV and the discharge passage 9 leads to a discharge provided with hinge lugs I5 wnlcn are connected by pintles I6, the pintles following the general peripheral direction of the edge of the cover and hinge butts II are fixed on the cover and mounted on the pintles, the pintles being of suillcient length to permit the circumferential movement of the cover in order to engage the bayonet joint.

An apron I8 surrounds the ring I2 and is secured thereto by screws I9. This ring has a discharge lip which is adapted to extend over the edge of a tub, or other receptacle and carry either the discharge from the clothes as dried, or the drip that may reach the apron as the clothes are put in place. The spout I0 is preferably made to register with the discharge lip so that the wate'r from both operations may lead to the same receptacle.

A certain amount of water would tend to ilnd a way through the joint formed between the ring I2 and the side of the receptacle. This is prevented in the present structure by an annular metal sealing plate 2| which extends over the upper edge of the receptacle and forms a close fit with the inner periphery of the ring, the upper edge of the sealing plate being arranged under an annular shoulder 22 formed by the ange I4. Thus any water that may reach the apron is prevented from leakingv through the joint between the ring and the receptacle and is either drained into the drying receptacle, or carried aroundto the lip 20 and discharged to whatever receptacle to which the lip may be directed.

In order that the discharge may be made in any convenient manner the ring I2, and with it the apron and cover, can be rotated on the -receptacle so as to bring the discharge from the lip to any point desired.

In the operation of the drier with which the invention is exemplified, the clothes are placed in the-flexible bag, iluid under pressure admitted to the receptacle through the pipe Ia, and the Water under the squeeze from the uid around the bag is discharged from the clothes or material being dried, and passes through the screen, out the spout and over the lip.

What I claim as new is:-

In a drier, the combination of a receptacle having` an opening therein; a ring around the opening rotatably mounted 4on the receptacle, said ring having an apron extending therefrom; a cover mounted on the ring; and a, seal between the ring and the receptacle, said seal comprising a sealing strip arranged within the inner periphery of the ring and extending over the edge of the receptacle. I

' WALTER I... KAUFFMAN H. 

